episode_0208

The shy sound of a noblewoman’s footsteps.

The sound of heavy boar claws slowly walking.

Two vastly different sounds echoed down the hallway.

They grew closer. Close.

They approached my back, then the sounds brushed past on either side.

I raised my head.

To my left was Tia’s fragile back. To my right was Fosao’s broad back.

“……”

Now, the two seemed accustomed to walking hand-in-hand down the palace corridor.

Even with their significant height difference and different strides. Whether it was due to the ‘practice of walking together’ they had done until now, or because she had become a woman who matched her everything to her husband, there was no awkwardness between them.

I had walked my entire life with Tia. I had run holding her hand. We had roamed all over Breezedon and run through the various mountains of Dragonez.

But looking back… I was always chasing after Tia. To match my exhausted, dragging footsteps, she would deliberately walk slowly and ask me countless times if I wanted to rest.

Had Tia and I ever ‘walked together’ so perfectly in sync like that?

…I don’t remember.

All I realized was that the two of them were walking perfectly.

Like a lock that only one specific key in the world can open.

It seemed Fosao’s wife was only Tia, and Tia’s husband was only Fosao.

Creak.

Fosao, who had arrived in front of the bedroom, opened the door. He then stepped aside for Tia to enter first and smiled broadly.

[“Please, enter. Yo-Your Majesty the Queen.”]

[“Hehe.”]

Tia smiled back in the same way and walked inside.

Fosao followed her in. The light spilling from the bedroom gradually narrowed.

Clank.

The bedroom door closed firmly.

“……”

Now, only a terrible silence remained by my side.

A suffocating, stifling, and dark silence.

Within it, I barely managed to move my feet.

Scrape.

My stiff boots dragged across the carpet, making a loud sound.

I had never thought my footsteps were loud. They were extremely jarring to my ears. It felt as if I were wearing boots that didn’t fit.

No. Perhaps this palace was rejecting me. To protect its true master.

Perhaps it was warning me that this was not where I belonged.

I don’t know.

Making disturbing footsteps, I stumbled down the corridor.

The same path Tia and Fosao had walked.

Thud.

Finally, I reached the firmly closed bedroom door.

When I turned my head, the bright light coming from inside illuminated my face.

It was strange.

The bedroom door was clearly closed, yet I could see inside.

The grand and magnificent King’s bedchamber. Although it was a dark night, brilliant lights illuminated every corner without a single shadow.

The bed was as large as two carriages placed side-by-side, and above it, red silken drapes hung down, cascading to the floor. A thick red carpet covered the floor, resembling a ruby-colored lawn.

Unconsciously, I reached out my hand. That beautiful King’s bedroom was right before me.

Tap.

However, my hand was blocked by a cold iron door.

Only then could I understand.

My body remained in reality, but my eyes were seeing the past.

[“Hoo-.”]

Fosao, fully undressed, walked towards the bed with tired steps.

He plopped down on the edge of the bed and grumbled.

[“Things have stabilized a bit lately… but there’s st-still so much to do.”]

[“Hehe, still, it seems you’re handling palace life well, my dear husband?”]

Tia, wearing a light dress, appeared, smiling brightly.

With her hair completely unbound, she sat demurely beside Fosao.

Sitting side-by-side like that in front of the enormous bed… their size difference truly felt immense.

[“Well, I just do wh-whatever Tia tells me to, anyway.”]

[“That… helps me tremendously, you know.”]

Tia gently leaned her body against Fosao’s thick arm.

The King.

No less, the King of Deseo.

But no other king would be this lonely.

Tia was surrounded entirely by enemies.

Not only the rebels, but many people didn’t acknowledge her as Queen.

She was indeed of the Likene bloodline, but she hadn’t grown up in the palace.

She had grown up in the countryside, married a commoner, and even gotten pregnant.

Would anyone serve a woman with so many flaws as ‘King’?

Nevertheless, the reason there had been no dissenting voices yet was simply out of fear of a certain noble standing behind her, ‘Piolo’.

In this situation, there was only one person the Queen could truly trust and entrust with work.

That is, her life partner—the one she promised to be with forever.

Fosao Modaless.

Tia looked up at Fosao with warm eyes and spoke.

[“Truly. …You’ve changed a lot from before. You stammer less than you used to, you show responsibility by seeing tasks through to the end, and you’re even getting handsomer.”]

[“Really?”]

[“There used to be a lot of aristocratic opposition, but lately, I haven’t heard any of that at all.”]

Fosao grinned and subtly pulled Tia into an embrace.

His thick hand naturally moved to her belly.

Before long, Tia’s belly was… noticeably swollen.

At the time of her coronation, hardly anyone had noticed.

Now, even wearing a flowing dress, her protruding belly was visible.

The reason Tia entrusted most of her public activities to Fosao was probably for that reason.

Fosao stroked Tia’s belly and chuckled.

[“Because I’m going to be a dad soon. Is th-that why I look that way? Hee-hee.”]

[“Haa—even if everything else changes, that laugh of yours never does.”]

The two chuckled as they looked at each other.

……Tia’s pregnant body.

Is a pregnant woman beautiful?

As I watched Aunt Olivia’s belly grow bigger and bigger, I honestly thought it was pitiful.

Her slender waist grew thick, her skin became rough, and her ample breasts stretched like rubber that had lost its elasticity. A healthy person instantly became frail, sweating like a waterfall and struggling to move.

The process of an ‘beautiful woman’ transforming into a body solely for bearing a child… felt as if she were changing into a different person.

But Tia was not like that.

She remained the same.

Even though her slender figure, which had been flawless as a ‘swordsman,’ had changed day by day as her belly grew, now making her waddle—

—Still, Tia was dazzlingly beautiful.

Slide.

Fosao’s hand pulled down the shoulder strap of her dress.

Realizing the change in atmosphere, Tia yielded to his touch.

As he held the hem of her dress and slowly pulled it down, Tia’s naked body was revealed all at once, as if removing a covering from a statue.

Now, there was no sign of embarrassment on her face at all.

Of course, it was natural for a woman to reveal her naked body to her husband.

Fosao asked in a quiet voice.

[“You’re not wearing underwear?”]

[“Well… my belly gets bigger every day, so my underwear keeps getting twisted… it’s hard to wear.”]

[“The at-attending physician said you’re five months now, didn’t he?”]

[“Yes.”]

[“It’s really gotten big. Now your belly is similar to mine. Hee-hee.”]

Tia playfully retorted to him, who was nonchalantly stroking his own potbelly.

[“That’s just your belly fat! There’s a baby in here, that’s why!”]

[“I know, I know. Hee-hee! Anyway, it’s a-amazing, isn’t it?”]

Fosao brought his face close to Tia’s belly, expressing admiration.

[“To think my baby is growing so well in here… Hee-hee, I’m happy.”]

“……”

Very carefully, as if stroking a newborn’s head. Fosao gently stroked Tia’s stretch marks a couple of times with his thick, large palm.

[“Tia?”]

[“Yes?”]

[“How are you, Tia? Now that you’re going to be a m-mother.”]

At the sudden question, Tia blinked in surprise, then soon looked down at her belly with a benevolent smile.

[“I never imagined I’d be a mother either. There was a time when I was scared and disliked the idea of having a child… but because you’re by my side, because I trust you’ll be with me… now I’m not scared at all. No, I can meet our baby in just a little while, so I actually look forward to every day. ……Ah.”]

[“Huh? What’s wrong?”]

[“The baby just kicked.”]

Tia, saying that, had a face beaming with delight.

It was a look of fully embracing the sensation that ‘life’ existed within her body.

[“Hee-hee. Is it because it inherited its mother’s blood? So a-active.”]

[“If that’s the case, half of it is your blood, isn’t it? Well, sometimes it causes trouble for its mother, so—it definitely seems to resemble its father’s side…”]

[“Ohh–.”]

[“Heh. Just kidding. But……”]

Tia’s eyes drifted to one side.

Between Fosao’s spread legs, a large, erect penis stood straight up.

The elegant Queen’s fingers approached that black and dirty thing.

[“Are you perhaps excited by the body of the woman you yourself impregnated?”]

[“Pant- pant-. W-we haven’t done it in a long time!”]

An excited Fosao stammered as if eager.

[“…I suppose there’s no helping it.”]

Tia got off the bed and knelt slightly on the floor.

And crawled between his legs.

Kiss.

She lightly kissed the tip of the penis that had impregnated her, then swept her hair back behind her ears.

With her soft tongue, she lovingly wrapped around his member and took it into her mouth.

[“Ohh… Th-that’s it… Tia.”]

There was no hesitation in any of her actions; they were natural.

Had Fosao taught her? Over the several months of the past that I hadn’t witnessed… had Tia performed such service countless times, fulfilling her role as a wife?

Slurp. Suck. Lip-smack.

Using her jaw and neck, she sucked Fosao’s penis with all her might.

A person with the highest status and dignity in this country, a ‘Queen’.

Burying her nose in the curly pubic hair of a fat, ugly man. Holding a black and dirty penis in her mouth.

That shocking sight, which even the old servants of the royal palace or nobles could not see.

Only I… stood idly watching.

Fosao stroked Tia’s ruby-colored hair and asked.

[“But are you okay? You almost th-threw up because of morning sickness before, didn’t you?”]

Tia shook her head.

And to answer, she briefly pulled her mouth away from the penis she was holding.

[“My body is still a bit tired, but the morning sickness is gone now. So I’m okay.”]

[“Still, don’t overdo it. My s-semen is fishy, and Tia doesn’t like it.”]

[“I’ve gotten quite used to it lately—.”]

[“Still, you have to be careful when there’s a baby. Hee-hee.”]

[“Hmm. Well then—. It seems to be hard enough…”]

Tia propped her chin and lightly tapped his penis.

[“……Shall we?”]